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W. P. BENNER.

-V'lSlBLE DI-SPENSING CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.-2. l9l7.

1 326,837. Patented Dec. 30, 19 19.; 7.

awe whom UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. BENNER, OF SAEGERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

a VISIBLE-DISPENSING CONTAINER.

Application filed February 2, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM P. BENNER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Saegerstown, in the county of Crawford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVisible-Dispensing Containers, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention has reference, generally, to dispensing apparatus;and, the invention relates more particularly, to an attachment to afluid dispensing container.

The principal object of the invention is to provide novel means forretarding or breaking the force of the inflow of liquid into thecontainer, thereby preventing splashing of the same and as aconsequence, permitting the liquid to gradually attain the proper level,thus allowing the same to be properly viewed by the purchaser.

All of the foregoing together with additional advantageous details andarrange ment of parts of the preferred embodiments ployed in each of theabove described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now more specifically to said drawings, there is provided atransparent hollow cylindrical member 1, on which member there isarranged a series of verti cally disposed graduations, generallyindicated by the numeral 2, these graduations indicating the quantity ofliquid in the cylindrical member. A cast plate 3 is arranged over thelower open end of the cylindrical member 1 and as will be obvious,receives the lowermost edges of the said member. A boss 10 is formedupon the lower face of the plate 3, and is adapted to receive a stopcock 11, whereby the outlet or egress of the fluid from the visibledispensing container or receptacle may be controlled by the op-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Serial No. 146,197.

erator or purchaser. It is to be also noted, that a plurality ofapertured lugs 12 are formed upon the member 3, the purpose of whichwill be subsequently obvious.

A cast plate 13 of a shape and size complemental to the shape and sizeof the cylindrical member 1 is placed over the open top portion thereofand is provided with an annular depending flange 14, the said flangeserving as means for causing the upper marginal edges of the cylindricalmemher 1 to closely engage the plate 13 and to prevent undue lateral.movement of the same with respect thereto. It is to be noted, that theplate 13 is formed concavoconvex and is provided with an eccentricallydisposed boss 16, which boss has formed therein a longitudinallydisposed bore, whereby the discharge portion 17 of the inlet pipe 18 maybe introduced therethrough, the said discharge portion extending to apoint in proximity to the bottom of the container or receptacle. Topermit the necessary inflow of air to the member 1, a vent pipe 16 isengaged with the plate 13 and communicates with the interior of the saidmember. A plurality of apertured lugs 19 are formed upon the flange l4:and are vertically alined with the apertured lugs 12 upon the lowerplate 3, and through which, connecting or locking bolts or rods 20 arepassed and supplied with looking nuts 21.

With a view toward providing means whereby fluid may be supplied to theinlet pipe 18, the said pipe is arranged vertically of the cylindricalmember 1 and parallel to the adjacent sides thereof, while upon thelower extremity thereof is an elbow connection 22 to which a supply pipe31 is connected. It of course will be understood, that the supply pipe31 may be extended into engagement with any suitable source of supply,such as a liquid measuring means or the like. Stay arms 25 are arrangedupon the opposite side portions of the cylindrical member 1 and areengaged therewith by passing the upper extremities of certain of theconnecting bolts 20 through the apertured ends thereof, while theopposite ends of the stay arms are provided with feet 26, wherebysuitable fastening devices 27 such as screws or the like may be engagedwith a base or wall 28. By so engaging the stay arms 25 with the upperextremity of the dispensing container 1, it will be understood,

that tipping or overturning of the same from various causes will beobviated, and the container will be firmly and substantially supportedat all times.

The lower supporting member or bracket is reinforced by a brake member29. By so supportingthe dispensing container, it is obvious, that thesame may be readily placed in various out of the way positions and will,as a consequence, require but a limited spa e. The discharge is threadedinto the boss 16 and has turned into engagement with its screw threadedextremity a nipple 32, the lower extremity of the nipple being enla1 land provided with an. annular flange whereby a Similar nipple 83, alsoprovided with an enlarged portion and a lateral flange is engaged andconnected thereto through the medium of locking or connecting bolts 3the bolts passing through the adjacent lateral flanges. A dischargenozzle is turned into engagement with the screw threaded portion. of thenipple 33 and extends downwardly into the dispensing con tainer to apoint in proximity to the bottom thereof. lVithin the casing formed bythe nipples 32 and 33 there is arranged a toranziuatcd disk 86, saiddisk being provide-z; with apertured ears 3? for receiving; theloclringbolts 3e therethrough and with a solid concentric raised portion 38,this portion serving as a means for deflecting the flow of liquid ontothe perforate portions of said disk 36. Thus, when the inflow of liquidthrough the supply pipes 31 18 and 17 is discharged onto the foraminateddisk 36, the force of the same will be materially retarded or broken andhence, when the same is delivered into the discharge nozzle 35, it willbe permitted to gradually ascend to the various graduations upon thecylindrical member 1 and thereby facilitate the accurate reading of thequantities to be dispensed.

I claim:

In a dispensing apparatus, a dispensing container, a tubular intake forsaid container including; vertical portion terminating within thecontainer, a laterally enlarged chamber connected into the intake, adiaphragm within the chamber and dividing the same into upper and lowercompartments, said diaphragm comprising air outer annular foraminousportion and an upwardly directed imperitorate central portion, wherebythe liquid flowing through the conduit is uniformly distributed in itspassage through the foraminous portion of the diaphragm.

In testimony whereof, I atfix my signature hereto.

W'ILLIAM P. BENNER.

